Not that you're wrong, as I agree with you and Mike; I think the courts got it right as well, but even with no actual reporters, I don't see why there'd be hundreds or thousands of bloggers in there... Isn't the beauty of working on the internet the fact that ONE single person could be in there taking pictures, and then the blogs just LINK to them when they're available?? I think you're trying to make a problem where there isn't one, and I think you're reaching a little bit too far...
"I think the majority do whatever they can do to get it for free - perio."
You might be close...I'd concede that they do whatever they can to sample (hear, see, use, etc..) for free, but that doesn't mean it stops there. A friend of mine will download almost every movie he can find, but if any of them are good enough for him to want to watch repeatedly, he makes it a point to go buy the real DVD.
Also to be noted, it's only for movies of questionable quality. Wolverine, he wanted NOTHING to do with the leaked copy because he didn't want anything to spoil his theater experience for that one. Pineapple Express, he actually saw that in the theater, AND downloaded it so he could watch it again at home before the DVD came out, THEN BOUGHT THE DVD!
Anyone that tries to argue that nothing good comes of file sharing/piracy, is clueless.
Why do you think the movie rental business has done so well historically?? People have been burned by high movie ticket and DVD prices, for crappy movies (and music), for way too long to just accept what the *IAA's are trying to force upon us.
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You might be close...I'd concede that they do whatever they can to sample (hear, see, use, etc..) for free, but that doesn't mean it stops there. A friend of mine will download almost every movie he can find, but if any of them are good enough for him to want to watch repeatedly, he makes it a point to go buy the real DVD.
Also to be noted, it's only for movies of questionable quality. Wolverine, he wanted NOTHING to do with the leaked copy because he didn't want anything to spoil his theater experience for that one. Pineapple Express, he actually saw that in the theater, AND downloaded it so he could watch it again at home before the DVD came out, THEN BOUGHT THE DVD!
Anyone that tries to argue that nothing good comes of file sharing/piracy, is clueless.
Why do you think the movie rental business has done so well historically?? People have been burned by high movie ticket and DVD prices, for crappy movies (and music), for way too long to just accept what the *IAA's are trying to force upon us.
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